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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 14h

I’m not taking this series seriously as the Astros have no business being in the playoffs, and am just happy the Wildcard series is on one of the few streamers I have so I actually get to watch them play, but God I forgot how frustrating Blubaugh is.

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Tyler Maun @tylermaun.com · 27/09/2026

The 2026 Houston Astros: C’s Get Degrees

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After finishing Mansfield Park for #RootRootRead book by author named Jane, I have now read all of Jane Austen’s completed novels. It was a back and forth, but at the end of the day I liked it even though it might have my most disliked Austen character (Aunt Norris).

The Audible cover for Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Congratulations Texas summer. You finally did it. It took over forty years but you finally broke my spirit. It’s 96 degrees in late September. It’s crazy that summer gives me seasonal depression.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For #RootRootRead book with an orange cover, I read Blackbirds in the Sky, which is about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the history that led up to it. An informative, sobering read. Man’s inhumanity to man will never not cease to sink to even lower depths.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trying really hard to wrap up #RootRootRead before the off-season starts (which, to be honest, will be next Monday). For book by an author whose last name starts with K I read K-Jane by Lydia Kang. Stories like these make me so glad I am not a teenager anymore.

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Exaldear @exaldear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Most modern star wars is good, the stories are good and those upset have lost their whimsy and have given into fear, anger, hatred and suffering.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not sure it’s a good sign that six chapters into Mansfield Park I had to google “Is hating all the characters in Mansfield Park notmal?”

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I want back and finished Harlem Shuffle by @colsonwhitehead.com for #RootRootRead book you didn’t finish. I really liked it. It was funny but also anxiety inducing. I really liked the little bits of New York history that strewn throughout the book.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Rebels is the best Star Wars outside of the original trilogy.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For #RootRootRead book recommended by a librarian I read Wonder Woman/Conan by @gailsimone.bsky.social. As someone that likes the Conan the Barbarian stories but not the problematic elements come with them, I really liked this book. And Woman Woman is awesome as per usual.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For #RootRootRead book set in Alaska I read The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon. I really wanted to like it as his The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is my all time favorite book, but this one tried to be too many things and I did not like it.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl for #RootRootRead book recommendation from @itsallaboutde.bsky.social and it was a fuckin’ blast. Just so much fun. Looking forward to the sequels.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

man it must be great to be a dog. everyone's always stoked to see you and all you have to do is be yourself. like being richard kind or something

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 26/08/2026

The principal guiding light of this administration is that every single societal advance in the last 60 years that has made life more livable was a mistake.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I read For Whom the Bell Tolls for #RootRootRead book set in Spain and I truly hated it. This is my third go round with Hemingway and I think I’m done. I don’t get or enjoy his writing.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I saw it today and it was fucking awesome. I loved it.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Luckily it was a movie theater employee screening and I paid no pennies to see it.

Movie Poster of the disaster that was Wild Wild West. It starred a bunch of people that knew better.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

For #RootRootRead book with “world” in the title, I read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. He said he considered his book to better than 1984, but I would disagree and I didn’t even like 1984. This book was so incredibly dry and just straight up boring.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

For book with an LGBT+ author I listened to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. For some reason I am convinced it’s called Portrait of Dorian Gray. And that’s all I really have to say about it #RootRootRead

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

They fucking murdered him because they were too fucking stupid to do actual fucking police work. Were they still living that could have been my father or my grandfather or my uncles. It still could be my brother. I’m so fucking angry.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I absolutely cannot stand David Tennant’s Doctor (mostly) due to his fans. They are insufferable.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

He’s screwed up the reflecting pool. He’s screwed up the White House grounds. He destroyed the East Wing & the Rose Garden. He’s failed in Iran, fouled-up the Mideast & ruined relations with our allies. And yet the Republicans continue to stick with him as if he’s not demented & destroying America.

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Julian Martin @julianmartin.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

No author worth reading uses AI.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I swear if I took a shot whenever I hear a podcast dedicated to Star Wars or Game of Thrones describe a character, plot line, or visual choice as “interesting” I would get wasted so fast. FIND A NEW ADJECTIVE! CONSULT A GODDAMN THESAURUS ALREADY!!!!

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

JELLO. And buttered popcorn. Equally unappetizing.

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Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Nothing says “dying civilization” like gladiator fights at the capitol for the emperor’s amusement.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History for book by a Pulitzer Prize winning author. It wasn’t for me. I found it to be pretentious and its main characters boring and flat. #RootRootRead

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and the moone daunsinge above, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.

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13th Jedi @13thjedi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from this Jedi. 🌈✨ Star Wars has always shown us a galaxy where countless species, cultures, and individuals come together despite their differences. It’s a reminder that our diversity makes us stronger and that everyone deserves a place in this galaxy. May the force be with you 🏳️‍🌈

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It was an event for me. The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first movie I’ve seen in a movie theater since 2019 and it was worth every penny 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Crawfish (crayfish?) is gross in taste AND smell, and the bugs look like aborted alien fetuses.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I read New Kid by Jerry Craft for #RootRootRead graphic novel. The story of the kid trying to fit in at his new school while dealing with both being a new kid AND a POC at a (mostly) white school. It’s a good read that certain schools don’t want your kids to read.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I read Slow Noodles for #RootRootRead book by an ethnicity different from mine. It was a memoir about the life of a Cambodian refugee and how food helped her preserve her memory of her mother.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I don’t care about Darth Vader. Luke “redeeming” him doesn’t undo the evil acts he committed. And maybe you can forgive Anakin Skywalker for strangling his heavily pregnant wife but I can’t.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Listened to The Hound of the Baskervilles for murder mystery. This may be unpopular, but I wasn’t wild about it. Just wasn’t for me. #RootRootRead

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Next for #RootRootRead was a Booker Prize winning book, so I read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I’ve read a lot of Tudor history/historical fiction, but this was the first book that helped me understand Thomas Cromwell’s role in all of Henry VIII’s business. I really liked it.

Cover of Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, with a photo of Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I’ve heard Goodwill has lost its mind when it came to pricing, but since I hadn’t been in awhile I got to see it with my own eyes today. What the hell, Goodwill?

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I remember her saying that she felt “the Democrats had a good chance in 2016” and being infuriated. You don’t leave that up to chance, lady. Thanks for dying and leaving us to deal with the consequences, Ruth.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Listened to Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell on my walk today. I finished it later in the day and while I am glad I experienced it (and recognized a lot quotes) I was happy when it was over. #RootRootRead

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

After owning Bridget Jones’ Diary for years, I finally read it for book from the Nineties. It was okay, the movie is FAR superior. #RootRootRead

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Then I read Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai for #RootRootRead memoir. I enjoyed it. Not as harrowing as her first book but it was intriguing to see how she adapted to adulthood and having a somewhat normal life.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

For #RootRootRead book made into a movie I read Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. This was really good and I liked it a lot. Made me cry multiple times and had some interesting storytelling choices.

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Applescruff1981 @applescruff1981.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Time to catch on some #RootRootRead. For book borrowed from the library I read Normal People by Sally Rooney. It was alright but the characters drove me insane. Just tell each other how you feel already, geeze.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/04/2026

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

American Christians when they talk about the Pope

Image from The Simpsons of Lenny saying “It’s bringing love! Don’t let it get away! Break its legs!”

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon. Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon. NASA went to the moon.

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